The Multilingual App Toolkit will help you to create your apps in multiple languages to reach more markets. To download the Multilingual App Toolkit For additional help on Localization See also related videos here: Build Multi-language apps using the Multilingual App Toolkit Test Multi-language apps…

Bob continues by talking about default properties, the Content property utilized by most controls, property element syntax, and then talks about the various schemas utilized in XAML and what they are there for. Download the entire series' source code

Bart De Smet has been very busy. As you can imagine, the latest release of Rx (v1.11011.11 (Experimental)) supports the latest (developer preview) .NET version, 4.5. In this release, Bart and company have forged a deeper synergy with the async/await Task-based asynchrony model (see Prefer Async…

In lesson Bob takes the first steps towards building the Contoso Cookbook by creating and walking through a new Grid App Template project and modifying the project name displayed on the start page. Download the entire series' source code

Now that we have a project, it's time to learn XAML for user interface layout and interaction. Bob provides a fast but gentle introduction -- as he calls it, the "cheater's guide" -- to learning this declarative language. He explains what XAML is at a high level and its justification. …

Laura and Paul scour the interwebs and their inboxes to find out what 'Softies are talking about- here's a taste of the flavor this week: The Dilbert Challenge Mango Apps now being accepted Smarter file copying in Windows 8 Social Networks & Microsoft in China

This is the first video in a 3-part series designed to build your first Windows Store app. In this video, you'll build a basic Hello, world app using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and learn how to use the Rating control, a Windows library for JavaScript control. Step-by-Step tutorial from dev.windows.com…

Jerry Nixon welcomes Ivan Stojiljkovic and Jelena Mojasevic from the Microsoft offices in Serbia as they discuss the new features and capabilities found in the Microsoft OCR Library for Windows Runtime. Tune in for this highly informative session where they show us how you can use the OCR Library to…